Fruit crusher



July 31, 1923. h 1,463.238

R. BACCELLIERI FRUIT CRUSHER Filed Sept. 14, 1922 v 2 Sheets-Sheet l 5 a v 5 T VTZI?! T July 31, 1923. 1.463.238

' R. BACCELLIE'RI 7 FRUIT CRUS HER Filed Sept. 14. 1922 2 Shouts-Sheet 2 flarcellieri l [RAEFAELE BACC LLIBRI, or isshapen; 'rnnnsv nvhnial f retire." cntrsnnnfl Application ease ents 14; 1322:" serial; Ne,-;g -o i To'a'ZZ whomitmtzy concern- F 1 Be lt'l {DOWH that I, RAFFAELE BACCELLiERI,

a citizen of' the'UniteId States, residing at specification.

' ed, the crushing rollers'were provided with Philadelphiain the'count-y of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have'invented certain new and useful lzmprovementsin Fruit (lrushers of which the following is a w This invention relates to crushersand graters and more "particularly to fruit crushers of the'rotary t yp'e. 1" In fruit" crusher's asheretofore"constructribs, and these 'ribs "intermesh "and contact in operatlon to drive one roller from the other and thefru t-is"crushed or mashed between surfaces and ribs of the-rollers.

This causes undue strain, 'wea r andt'ear'on the'bearings and parts, undue mashing and bruisingroffthe fruit, especially when sub jected to heavy work or duty and also interfereswith the intermeshing and; driving of the rollers, thus causing'wedging of the rollers, injury to the-parts necessitating repair or replacements, and reduction in efficiency. a The object of the present invention is to provide a fruit crusher in which the rollers are positively driven and the surfaces of the rollers are brought in close proximity Without touching or pressing against each other, thus preventing injury to the crusher or bearings of'the rollers and permitting easier operation, producing greater efliciency and larger capacity consistent with thorough I fruit crusher,

7 tion line 3-3 of Figure 1,

of one of the crushing rollers.

crushing or expressing of the juices from the fruit with light or heavy Work.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be described hereinafter, I attain in the following. manner, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan View of the improved Figure 2 is a side elevation,

Figure is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the plane of thesec- Figure f1'lS a horizontal longitudinal sectional view taken on the plane of the-sec tion lines 4 :/L of Figures 2 and 3, and

Figure 5 18 an enlarged perspective View In the drawings, 6 is a frame consisting of parallel side rails 7, and cross rails or bars 8 between the side rails.,Side rails 7 are connected, as by bolts 9 seated in tongitudinal recesses 10- in thej outer cross rails 8, so that-the side rails are firmly held against the ends} of; the" cross rails}. q

The partsdescr'ibedare. preferably of] wood and metallic'pla'tes ll are" preferablyd'isposed against the outer faces of the side rails-and apertured toreceive the bolts' and bear the strain ofpressure' or stresses due to the connection and alsofthe operation of *thedevice aSfwillbe hereinafter described.

A-hopper '12 is mounted upOn1the f-rame I5 and rests upon portions of the side'railsfan d the 'cross rails. Braces '13 firmly secure the hopper. to} the cross 'r'ails and the bottom} of the happe is i open for the discharge :of the fruit, such as grapes or",other food' 'to' 'be crushed, fed tothe rollers by thejhopper'. j I

The-ends of mile 7 may be cutout 'to;pro vide' handles 1141s one" convenient means of transportationand handling of the hopper o 'device,e'and whereby-a may be.;p1ac ed p le, whenin use; U V

A plurality e b y t corrugated upon'or'removedfi'Oinover a barrel or othe-r j 7 rollers 15 and '16, are journaled as by means =0f shafts or pivots 17 and 18 in side rails 7 parallel to each other and cross rails 8, andoccupy substantially the entire cross secrtional area of the, discharge openingat the bottom of thehopper. These rollers each preferably have four longitudinal ribs 19 with convex surfaces andintermediatelon gltudinal concav1t1es-2O taken cross-sections ally. Whenythe rollers'are placed in position mounted" as described, a rib of one roller extends into aconcavity of the otherroll'er' I cavity. By thismea-ns, the rollers do not depend upon contact orjengageinent todrivej one from the other in the-zoperation ofthe roe device, unduestresses onthe parts" are relieved, clogging,'=wedgi'ng. or jamming, and in ury tothe pa'rtsprevented andthe output of the machineincreased aseo npared' 4 with'the old construction;

A pinion 21 is fixedto an extended end of pivot 17- and a pinion 22 is secured to .an extended rend of'adjace-nt pivot 18 andmeshes withpinion 21. 'PivotlS extends through slots Q3 in side rails 7and plates 11, and have spring-pressed adjustable tension. bearingsQet including springs 25, movable blocks 26 and set screws 27 to adjust the tenat r In the operation of the device, the fruit or I other material to be crushed is placed in hopper, 12 and the rollers are turned. The

fruit drops into the depressions of the rollers and is'crushed between the co-acting surfaces by the extension ofthe ribs of the rollers into the concavities ofeach other roller, the crushed fruit beingdischarged from between the rollers and dropping into a suitable receptacle upon which thedevice is adapted to be supported by the side rails of the frame. The device may be conven iently applied to or removed from upon the receptacle throughthe medium of the handles,.but this arrangement may be varied since the primary feature of the machine is the construction and relation of the rollers.

\ By driving the rollers positively through operative connections between their pivots or shafts, as by means of the pinions, I have found that the number otcorrugationson the rollers may be reduced to a minimum,

thus lending efficiency to. the crushing operation' or out-put and decreasing the cost of production of the rollers owing to their simplification.

WVhile I have described my invention as taking a particular form, it will be understood that the various parts of my invention may be changed without departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I am at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is A fruit crusher of the class described including parallel side rails, cross bars between the side rails and having longitudinally recessed portions, connecting members mounted in the recesses, a hopper resting on the cross bars and portions of the side rails, said hopper having a discharge openingand provided with means of attachment to the cross bars, and crushing elements within the hopper at the discharge opening.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RAFFAELE BACCELLIEBI. Witnesses: I

ELIZABETH GARBE, CHAS. ErPOTTS. v, 

